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Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics. AIHW, 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics, AIHW, Canberra.
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In 2015–16, there were 701 public hospitals in Australia accounting for about two-thirds (61,000) of all hospital beds. There were 630 private hospitals with 33,100 hospital beds. Total recurrent expenditure on public hospital services was about $64 billion. About 57% of this was for admitted patient care, 18% for outpatient care, 10% for emergency care services, 2% for teaching, training and research and 13% for all other services.
There were 701 public hospitals in Australia, with 61,000 hospital beds and 630 private hospitals with 33,100 beds
The 30 principal referral hospitals in metropolitan areas had an average of 659 beds
Nearly 7 in 10 public hospitals had fewer than 50 beds each
Total recurrent expenditure on public hospital services was about $64 billion
Hospital resources 2015–16: Australian hospital statistics